Phase-separated surfactant monolayers: Exploiting immiscibility of fluorocarbons and hydrocarbons to pattern interfaces

MF Paige, FE Ala'a - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The mutual immiscibility of hydrogenated and fluorinated surfactants at interfaces frequently
leads to phase-separation, which provides a useful and flexible method for patterning air …

Pattern formation in phase-separated Langmuir and Langmuir monolayer films

C Yan, MF Paige - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mixed monolayer films comprising hydrogenated and fluorinated surfactants can undergo
phase separation to produce interfaces with diverse structures at the micrometer and …

Interfacial behavior of modified nicotinic acid as conventional/gemini surfactants

AF Eftaiha, AK Qaroush, AS Abo-Shunnar… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis and monolayer properties of conventional and gemini surfactants
composed of nicotinic acid-based head groups with an emphasis on assessing how …

Morphological and Interaction Characteristics of Surface‐Active Ionic Liquids and Palmitic Acid in Mixed Monolayers

AF Eftaiha, AK Qaroush, GG Kayed… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A series of water soluble, surface‐active ionic liquids (SAILs), namely, 1‐alkyl‐3‐methyl
imidazolium chlorides ([Cn‐mim] Cl) and their mixtures with palmitic acid (PA) are …

The effect of structural changes on the self-assembly of novel green pyridinium-carboxylate gemini surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films

FE Ala'a, AK Qaroush, DM Foudeh, AS Abo-Shunnar… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Engineered molecules with tailored molecular structures have the potential to advance
various disciplines by enhancing the properties of biological membranes. In this study, we …